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nous appendage to Seeds,as mJEmhotlnium, 

 Bot. of N. HolL t. 7> Banksia^Conchium, 

 JBignoiiia eckhiata, Gartn, t. 52, llJiuiaU' 

 thus, Engl. Bot* t. 657, serving to waft 

 them along in the air. Gartner wished to 

 confine this term to a membranous expan- 

 fiion of the top or upper edge of a Seed or 

 Seed-vessel, using 7nargo membranaceus 

 for one that surrounds the whole, but he 

 has not adhered to it in practice. Cap- 

 sules are sometimes furnished with one 

 wing, as the Ash, oftener v/ith several, as 

 llalesia, Acer, Begonia, &c. In Seeds 

 the Wing is commonly solitary, except 

 some Umbelliferous plants, as Thajjsia, 

 Gcrrtn. t.2}. 



Seeds are occasionally furnished w^ith 

 Spines, Hooks, Scales, Crested appendages, 

 particularly a little gland-like part near 

 the Scar, sometimes denominated StrO' 

 pjiiolum, as in Asarum, Gcertn. t, 14, 

 Jyossiiea, J 'cut emit. Jai-d, dc Cels. t. 7, 

 Flatijlohiiun, Bot. of N. HolL i. 6, Ule.r, 

 Spartiian, &c. In general however smooth- 

 ness is characteristic of a seed, by which 

 it best makes its way into the soft earthy 



